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The Respect election campaign is making a huge impact in east London. Respect councillor Oliur Rahman, who is standing in Poplar & Canning Town, said, "The campaign is going very well. Whenever I am out on the street people ask about Respect.

Some 200 people protested as Babar Ahmad’s hearing restarted in London on Monday. Babar is threatened with extradition to the US on bogus "terror" charges. This site will carry news updates as they become available.

Around 37,000 Palestinian teachers from across all the Occupied Territories — the West Bank and the Gaza Strip — were on their second one-day strike last week in support of a demand for higher salaries. Most teachers earn a paltry $400 per month. This has barely changed since the Israeli occupation began in 1967.

Respect candidate Michael Lavalette was at the centre of organising a Make Poverty History event in Preston last Friday evening. Hundreds of campaigners linked hands around the town hall as part of the Trade Justice Movement’s global week of action, before a busload left for the all-night trade justice vigil in London.

"For Britain’s Labour Party there are few more loyal strongholds than Bethnal Green & Bow in London’s East End. But this time the party’s candidate is in trouble, and the reason is simple — the war." Washington Post

When you got dressed this morning, the chances are that at least one of the items you put on was made of cotton. The world uses more cotton than any other fibre. Cotton crops cover 5 percent of the planet’s cultivated land area.

"Socialist Worker’s election coverage is a real help to the Respect campaign," says Oliur Rahman, Respect candidate in Poplar & Canning Town, east London. "Last week’s article exposing New Labour’s lie that a vote for Respect will let the Tories in was a must for every campaigner."